Trump Targets F-35 Over Costs, Congress Concerned About Jobs

Trump Targets F-35 Over Costs, Congress Concerned About Jobs
An F-35C, the U.S. Navy variant of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, conducts a test flight over the Chesapeake Bay February 11, 2011. Lockheed Martin/Getty Images
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An F-35 jet arrives at its new operational base at Hill Air Force Base, in northern Utah in this Sept. 2, 2015, file photo. Shares of Lockheed Martin fell Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, as President-elect Donald Trump tweeted that making F-35 fighter planes is too costly and that he will cut "billions" in costs for military purchases. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
An F-35 jet arrives at its new operational base at Hill Air Force Base, in northern Utah in this Sept. 2, 2015, file photo. Shares of Lockheed Martin fell Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, as President-elect Donald Trump tweeted that making F-35 fighter planes is too costly and that he will cut "billions" in costs for military purchases. AP Photo/Rick Bowmer
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